Cosmos / Still Pictures
01 April, 2001
A group of sub-Saharan Africans come ashore. More than 50 people had crammed into a dangerously overloaded rubber boat to travel the frequently-used route between North Africa and Spain. Each year, hundreds of bodies of those attempting the crossing are washed up on the Spanish coast.
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